Have your say - make a submission on our proposals. That way you can contribute to the city and help the Council remain fair and effective. We have to make decisions that affect many people across the city and we rely on the public’s input.

Pop in to our Service Centre at 101 Wakefield Street - you can find out information about our facilities, pay Council bills and rates, buy parking coupons, or let us know if there’s a problem with our services.

Wellington is New Zealand's centre of government and the world's southernmost capital city. It is also the country's cultural capital, third most populous urban area in New Zealand and home to many museums, theatres and arts festivals.

Wai-titi Landing

Resize

In 2004, the Council worked with the Wellington Tenths Trust to develop a park at Wai-titi Landing. The site was once a waka landing beach used by Te Atiawa and other Taranaki Tribes and Taranaki Whanui in pre-European times.

The Council agreed to the development, on the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, after the Wellington Tenths Trust offered a Gift-of-Significance to the city to recognise the site’s heritage.

Design

The Tenths Trust gifted twin 6.3-metre Pou Whenua (tribal boundary markers) designed by Te Atiawa sculptor Ra Vincent. The Pou Whenua stand as if on the former beach, symbolising upturned waka. The perimeter of the site is landscaped with plantings.

The park was designed to create an oasis of calm within the city centre. Features include:

Figures on the Pou Whenua - symbolising the people of the land they stand on.

A kowhai design - reflected on the inner surfaces of the Pou Whenua and representing the wairua (spirit of the land).

Opening

On 13 December 2004, Wai-titi Landing was officially opened by the former Prime Minister Helen Clark, former Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast and representatives of the Wellington Tenths Trust.

Budget

The Council granted the project $220,000 in the 2003/04 Long Term Council Community Plan.